Barbara Nixon Poems

A guest uninvited
holds residence in the temple
crept silently with feline stealth
as it slid between the mantel.
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Illusion of progress

the passage of time
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A heavenly harmonic, a celestial chord

permeates our reality through a paperlike gauze,
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Past the point of no return

dreamland that once beckoned
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My once impenetrable refuge, my Inner Sanctum,

Invaded and defiled,
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Cherub faces

born knowing
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To inhale each breath from a peaceful harbour
embracing life's ether in a woe laden heart
releasing old fears, making peace with sparring demons
accepting vulnerability, shedding life's armour.
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Reliving old memories
movie reel in constant loop
drowns the thundering silence
screaming through the walls,
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The Move

Biting, squalid, pitch hued November morn,
concrete pavement, hopscotch feet
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Never did fit in to the restrictive box
corners too rigid, angles too sharp
hard and unyielding, no space to soar
crushing pressure on the spirit
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